Events

Black History Month Schedule a Mix of Education, Celebration

Plans are in the works for the celebration of Black History Month throughout February at New College.

Events include conversations on black women entrepreneurs and community health and well-being; a symposium on environmental justice; an open mic night; an African diaspora dance workshop; the annual Black Literature Read-in; performances of “There is a Field” and “Passing;” a night out at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe to see their performance of “Mountaintop;” the “Ecstatic Wonder” Art Showcase and Festival; and an Afro-Latinx Film Festival, which will include the films “They We Are,” “Pelo Malo,” “Nana Dijo,” and “Stones in the Sun.”

New Topics is a collaboration of the New College Foundation and New College of Florida. This dynamic community series features national speakers on relevant topics of our time.

All programs are complimentary and will be held in the Mildred Sainer Auditorium, 5313 Bay Shore Road.

For seat reservations and more information, please contact the New College Foundation at 941-487-4800 or go to donate.ncf.edu/events.

The remaining 2017-2018 schedule:

Nicola Denzey Lewis

Rethinking The Jewish CatacombsJan. 16, 2018 | 5:30 p.m. in Sainer AuditoriumThe Klingenstein Chair of Judaic Studies and the Jay Rudolph Endowment presents Nicola Denzey Lewis, the Margo L. Goldsmith Professor of Women’s Studies in Religion at Claremont Graduate University, and author of “The Bone Gatherers,” as well as “Introduction to Gnosticism: Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds and Cosmology,” and “Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman Antiquity: Under Pitiless Skies.” Her research centers on the city of Rome during the Roman Empire and late antiquity.

Rob Bilott

Scientific, Legal, and Regulatory Challenges in Investigating and Addressing Health Threats From “Unregulated” Drinking Water Contaminants: The Case of PerfluorochemicalsThursday, Feb. 15, 2018 | 5:30 p.m. in Sainer AuditoriumAttorney Rob Bilott, a 1983 New College graduate, will provide insights into the various scientific, legal, and regulatory challenges facing communities exposed to “emerging” or currently “unregulated” contaminants in their drinking water. Bilott will draw upon his more than 17 years of experience handling issues involving perfluorochemical contamination of drinking water supplies across the country to highlight and explain the ways in which these various challenges impact our ability to fully understand the nature of the chemicals we are exposed to in our water and our ability to address any health risks associated with those exposures.

Anne-Marie Russell and Donal O’Shea

Art, Math and Orange Peels: The Legacy of Dr. William Thurston on Math & FashionThursday, March 1, 2018 | 5:30 p.m. in Sainer Auditorium
Dr. William Thurston ’67 was a world-renowned expert in the mathematical field of topology and a New College of Florida graduate. Join New College President Donal O’Shea and Anne-Marie Russell, executive director, of the Sarasota Museum of Art, as they tease out the beauty and complexity of math and fashion using Dr. Thurston’s collaboration with the House of Miyake as a point of departure. Celebrate the interdisciplinary thinking that lay at the heart of New College and find out how peeling an orange can lead to revelations about the shape of the universe.

Marilyn Francus

O Mother, What Art Thou? O Mother, Where Art Thou? Frankenstein at 200Tuesday, March 13, 2018 | 5:30 p.m. in Sainer AuditoriumIn 1818, a pregnant Mary Shelley, daughter of the famous writer Mary Wollstonecraft, who died within days of Shelley’s birth, fashioned a motherless monster in her novel “Frankenstein.” This maternal absence let Shelley sidestep one of the era’s conventions–the monstrous mother–only to settle into the era’s alternative: the idealized, dead mother. Marilyn Francus, Professor of English, West Virginia University and author of Monstrous Motherhood, will discuss how “Frankenstein” and the conventions of motherhood that shaped Shelley’s novel endure, and continue to shape our notions of motherhood today.

New Music New College

The New Music New College 2017-18 season – the 19th year of the series – features a slate of performances that, as always, push the boundaries of contemporary music. Subscriptions for the entire series are $60 and tickets for individual performances are $15; Artist Conversations are free and open to the public. All performances are on the New College of Florida campus.

Coming up:

Lerner/Filiano/Grassi (Marilyn Lerner, Ken Filiano, And Lou Grassi)Concert:Saturday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m., Club Sudakoff (in the Sudakoff Conference Center)Pre-Concert Talk:7:30 p.m.Artist Conversation:Thursday, Jan. 18, 5 p.m., Club SudakoffJazz pianist Marilyn Lerner has been to NMNC twice before, and she returns to thrill us with her mastery of extended techniques and her gift for improvisation, this time with bassist Ken Filiano and drummer Lou Grassi. Come to Club Sudakoff and experience music of the moment performed by the best!

It’s Alive! A Monstrous Circus On FrankensteinConcert:Sunday, March 4, 8 p.m., Koski Plaza/ACE BuildingPre-Concert Talk:7:30 p.m.Artist Conversation:Thursday, March 1, 5 p.m., ACE Building Lounge
2018 is the 200th anniversary of the publication of “Frankenstein,” and we celebrate by using Mary Shelley’s enormously influential work as the basis of John Cage’s Circus On, a template for turning text into a performance. “It’s Alive! a Monstrous Circus On Frankenstein” will be our live, multimedia presentation, sprawling across the outdoor Koski Plaza and all three levels of New College’s ACE building. New College students, faculty, and staff, along with ensemblenewSRQ, will sing, declaim, emote, dance, perform, and wreak general havoc. Come see the monster if you dare! Note: This concert will be on a Sunday.

Chapter Events

The New College of Florida Alumnae/i Association’s chapter program is designed to strengthen the relationship of alumnae/i with the life of the College. Chapter events and regional online chapter groups provide opportunities for alumnae/i to participate in social, recreational and educational programs that encourage professional and social networking.

Alumnae/i interested in participating in organizing chapter events and activities are supported by NCAA staff and the communication/events board liaison. These individuals are your link to information about NCAA and the benefits, services and advice that will help make your chapter event a success.

Upcoming Chapter Events

Feb. 15-18, 2018:Sarasota, FL; Save the Date for Reunion 2018! All alumnae/i classes are welcome! See more details here.

If you have any recommendations on a location or are interested in attending a specific gathering please email ncalum@ncf.edu!